Day 1084
07 Jun 2024

roast

/ɹəʊst/

noun
A cut of meat suited to roastingA meal consisting of roast foods.The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.

verb
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heatTo heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.To admonish someone vigorouslyTo subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

adjective
Having been cooked by roasting.Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.